Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1887-03-17

how angry you were on various
occasions when you were interrupt
ed by attorneys who had the right
of access to that room, it being
the library and not your private
consultation room as you seem to
think. AS to what | know about
sign painting; Five diplomas and
a silver medal from the Arkansas
State Agricultural and Mechanical
association awarded me and now
in possession, are n little better ev-
idence than your word.
AS to me taking the ono thou
sand dollar contingent fee in the
two thousand case, when my fee
in said case was only one hundred, ,
as can be proven by the party and
also by d. w. c. Duncan, is pref
ty fair evidence that Joab Scales
is an prevaricator. As an evidence
Of the peoples trust in me as an
attorney, l have in the courts OF
Delaware and Cooweescoowee dis
tricts to-day twenty. eight cases
pending, for the truth of which
| refer you to said courts. Can
you, Mr.. Scales, at any time dur
ing your life point out one-half
that number, and if not only think
what you might have been with
your ability and just a little honor.
As to what judge Bissell said: If l
remember right, he was addressing
j. NJ. Bryan, but if there is any
doubt about it you can write to
Bissell and ask him and if you
haven't his address l will say he
is probably the only man who ev-
er sought to put a measure through
the council or courts that was det-
rimental to the Chrokee people
or smutty, with whom you were
not very familiar.
Why, Scales, saw you do a
thing that would make a Digger
Indian blush. saw you go so
far as to leave your seat as clerk
of the supreme court and advise
an attorney-one whose friend
ship you courted-how to make a
motion he was them making in a
pending case and after you whis-
pered it to him in passing-loud
enough for me to hear--you walk
ed to the window and looked out
as unconcernedly as if you had
Just committed an act of charity.
Such an act was ungentlemanly,
unbecoming the position you occu-
pied, the dignity of the supreme
court and common decency. Now
possibly l haven't the ability you
have as an attorney or a writer,
for owing to my fathers mistake,
if mistake it is called in adopting
the "lost cause" | was taken from
school when / was ten years old
and owing to the subsequent loss
which befell not only us but a great
many others who went south, l
spent the first five or six years of
my life after the rebellion at hard
work. But since that time by my
association with gentlemen, obser-
walton, study and fair dealing,
l have learned a few things and
have acquired a reputation for
elf respect and honesty. AS an
evidence of that fact, within five
minutes after Hon. J. NJ. Keys
election as chief justice of the su-
preme court'he rendered me the
position as clerk OF said court,
which said position was subse-
quently refused, as l understand,
by Hon. Percy Walker, while you,
Mr.. Scales, who might be suppos-
ed to "Take what is in sight and
rustic for MORE" sought and ac-
cepted the position from a Judge
whose election you were supposed
to have opposed, while I, his
known friend and advocate, re-
fused the position for the.reason
that the salary was insufficient to
pay me to quit my practice in the
courts and although | am consider
ably younger than you l felt that
It was too late in life to resort TO
any chicanery to make it pay more.
have also worked under a stip-
llated contract by the year for sew
sral of the best and most promi-
nent men in the nation, including
he present chief justice Of the su-
preme court. Can you, Mr.. Scales,
say as much? How many such
men, except Hon. J. NJ. Keys
through his delusion, would trust
you to write a receipt for them2
| am working for some Of them to-
lay. One, and one for whom
nave worked for the past four
years, has to-day in my hands